SEASON OPENER - Indiana opens the 1999-2000 women's basketball
season with a road trip, traveling to Bowling Green, Ky., to play Western
Kentucky in the 17th annual Bowling Green Bank Classic at E.A. Diddle Arena
(11,300). Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. (CST).

RADIO - All of Indiana's games can be heard live via radio broadcast
on WGCT-FM (105.1). The live broadcast will be handled by play-by-play
announcer Mike Scott. The broadcast will feature scouting reports by coach
Jim Izard, player interviews, a half-time show and a postgame wrap-up with
assistant coaches Keila Whittington and Jennifer Jacoby.

THE MILLENNIUM - 1999-2000 marks the 28th basketball season for
women's hoops at Indiana. The Hoosiers have a 446-331 (.574) all-time record.

SEASON OPENERS - Under the direction of Head Coach Jim Izard,
the Hoosiers are 9-2 in season opening games. Since 1991, the Hoosiers
have compiled a 68-11 regular season nonconference record. Prior to Friday's
game, the Hoosiers have opened the season on the road under Izard just three
times, winning all three games.

QUOTING COACH IZARD - "Our schedule prior to the Big Ten
is very competitive and the Big Ten season is always competitive,"
said Jim Izard. "We will open at Western Kentucky which will probably
be the toughest opening game in my 12 years here."

1999-2000 HOOSIERS - It's a whole new ball game for the Indiana
Hoosiers as they prepare for the 1999-2000 season. The Hoosiers return
just two starters and five letterwinners to a roster that features six new
players, including five players 6-0 or taller. The returnees include senior
guard Kay Morgan and Honorable Mention All-Big Ten selection Jill Chapman.
Last season, Morgan became the school record holder for 3-point field goals
made in a season with 70, while Chapman averaged 14.2 points and 7.6 rebounds
per game, earning a spot on the Coaches All-Big Ten Freshman Team. In addition,
sophomore guard Heather Cassady, who came on to earn the starting role in
the Hoosiers' final two games, and redshirts Rachael Honegger and Tara Jones
also return.

INTRODUCTIONS PLEASE - IU's six newcomers, which were rated sixth-best
nationally by All-Star Girls Report, includes Indiana All-Star performer
Jill Hartman, a 5-11 forward from Evansville, and junior college transfer
Rainey Alting. Hartman averaged 23.2 points and 11.1 rebounds per game
as a senior while setting the school and city of Evansville record for scoring
with 1,926 points. The 5-5 Alting was named to the NJCAA All-America second-team
last season at Vincennes University, finishing the year ranked seventh in
the nation for assists, averaging 6.7 per game. Six-foot-five Erika Christenson
of Fairborn, Ohio, along with 6-footers Jamie Gathing of Kankakee, Ill.,
and Allison Skapin of Beavercreek, Ohio will be used with 6-5 Jill Chapman
for one of the Hoosiers' tallest ever front lines. Erin McGinnis, a 6-1
forward from Oak Ridge, Tenn., will have to sit out the season after transferring
from Auburn University.

ON WESTERN KENTUCKY - The Lady Toppers return eight letterwinners
and two starters off of last year's squad which finished 21-7 overall and
8-4 in the Sun Belt Conference. Western Kentucky has gone 2-0 in exhibition
play, defeating EOS Malbas (Sweden) 69-59 and North Carolina Stars 102-59.
Junior ShaRae Mansfield returns as the team's leading scorer (14.7 ppg)
and rebounder (8.1 rpg). Western Kentucky is coached by Steve Small who
begins his third season with the program and carries a 46-16 career and
school record. The Series: Western Kentucky leads the all-time series
2-1. Last season, the Hoosiers defeated the Lady Toppers 79-77 in Bloomington.

TOUGH ARENA - The Hoosiers will have their hands full in playing
at E.A. Diddle Arena. Last season the Lady Toppers posted a 11-1 home court
record and at one point owned a 16-game home court winning streak. Since
the 1982-83 season, Western has not lost more than four games at home in
any season. Most recently, the Lady Toppers have won 39 of their last
42 games at Diddle Arena.

EXHIBITION PLAY - Indiana closed out the exhibition portion of
its schedule Nov. 11 with a 86-68 win over EOS Malbas (Sweden). Leading
the Hoosiers was sophomore Jill Chapman and freshman Erika Christenson.
Chapman scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds while Christenson netted
18 points. Junior transfer Rainey Alting delivered a solid all-around game
with eight points, six rebounds, seven assists and five steals. In the
Hoosiers' first exhibition game of the season Nov. 7, IU defeated the Reebok
Lady Stars 88-72. Five players turned in double-digit scoring performances,
led by Kay Morgan's 16 second-half points.

HEAD COACH JIM IZARD - Head Coach Jim Izard begins his 12th season
at the helm of the Indiana program where he owns a 178-141 (.560) overall
record and a 79-112 (.416) mark in the Big Ten Conference. As Indiana's
all-time winningest coach, Izard has guided his teams to nine winning seasons,
two NCAA post-season tournament appearances, a runner-up finish in the NWIT
post-season tournament and a trip to the Final Four of both the pre- and
post-1998 WNIT tournaments. His 18-year career record stands at 341-190
(.643).

CAPTAINS NAMED - Senior Kay Morgan, along with sophomores Heather
Cassady and Jill Chapman will be the squad's tri-captains for the 1999-2000
season.

CLASS OF 2003 - Indiana welcomes a freshmen class that should
vie for playing time immediately beginning in the fall of 2000. Indiana
native Anna Waugh averaged 18.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game last season
while playing at Franklin Community High School. She is joined by newcomers
Charliss Ridley and Nicole Motto. Ridley averaged 21.7 points and 8.5 rebounds
per game as a junior at Wheaton-Warrenville South in Wheaton, Ill., while
Motto averaged 19.1 points and five assists per game last season at Oakwood
High School in Dayton, Ohio. Last year Motto was named in AAU All-American
after her leading her team to a second-place national finish.

HOOSIERS ON THE TUBE - Five of Indiana's games will be televised
live this season, starting with the Jan. 6 game against Michigan on WTIU-TV.
The local broadcast will also televise IU's games vs. Northwestern Jan.
16 (2 p.m.), Iowa (Feb. 3/8 p.m.) and Illinois (Feb. 27). The Hoosiers'
intrastate rival game vs. Purdue will be broadcast by Fox Sports Chicago
Jan. 23 at 5 p.m.

MEDIA INFORMATION - IU Assistant Media Relations Director Shelli
Stewart handles all requests regarding the Hoosier coaches and players.
Interview requests should be made through Stewart who can be reached courtside
during Indiana games, or at the IU Media Relations office (812) 855-4770.
Interview requests during the week must be made 24 hours in advance.